makes us universalists is not that we have unusually weak views of sin but unusually strong views of divine love and grace.”23 For some reason, many Christians seem to think it quite acceptable for God to overlook their own transgressions, and to avert judgment in their own cases, but they argue that it would be quite unbecoming for God to do the same for others—especially those who have been so unfortunate as to die before hearing or responding favorably to the gospel. Again we face the question: